from the link above:
"SELF PRAISES OUTGOING CHANCELLOR — Self was asked about his reaction to Thursday’s news that KU chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will resign from that position next summer.
“It doesn’t catch me off guard that anybody would announce retirement. I think everybody knows that, at some point, that was going to happen,” Self said. “I just think it kind of surprised everybody that it was so abrupt. That’s not long from now. What is it? Nine months?”
Self said Gray-Little has earned the time to relax and enjoy life, offering some congratulations.
“She’s been great for (the athletic department), but I think she’s been fabulous for our university as a whole,” Self said. “I’m happy for her and I’ll be excited to see who accepts that challenge moving forward, but I really believe that she’ll leave this place on really, really solid footing."
